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 [Responsible Investing] The Best Responsible Investing Funds: Ultimately, I’m looking for funds that demonstrate a long-run commitment to well articulated objective that are consistent with socially responsible investing.

[Good Honest Dollar $$] Socially Responsible Investing part 2: Benefits of Ethical Investing: For example, capital inflows from SRI funds typically help to stimulate growth in industries such as renewable energy and efficiency, healthcare and well-being, efficient transport, infrastructure and communications, waste management, financial services, and knowledge (education and media). These type of industries provide a valuable contribution toward the betterment of society.

[Ethics Newsline®] Regulators Say Socially Responsible Investment Firm Violated ...: New Hampshire-based Pax did not admit or deny the charges, reports the Union Leader of Manchester, but issued a statement saying that its major socially responsible fund, holding more than 90 percent of its assets, did not purchase any unscreened funds and was not cited by the SEC.

[Covalence SA] Green Investing””The Gold Rush: (Morningstar tracks these two subcategories under the umbrella of socially responsible investing, or SRI, funds). “The interest has turned from ”˜maybe I’ll dabble in this’ to ”˜this is an asset class I should include in my portfolio,’” .

[Good Honest Dollar $$] Socially Responsible Investment part 1 - Defining SRI: Some investors apply negative screens, under which investment in certain assets or companies is specifically excluded on ethical grounds. Other investors apply positive screens, under which they specifically seek out investments in certain sectors or firms which demonstrate specific forms of positive ethical behavior.

 [The New CSR] Socially Responsible”¦wait no”¦ IR-responsible Investing: Don’t get me wrong, I’m not against SRI, but in this case, investments under the guise of SRI have resulted in a mishandling of the pension fund money of California’s state teachers and public employees.  SRI shouldn’t be unprofitable and the metrics for determining what is an SRI need to be reexamined.  Socially responsible citizens shouldn’t have their pensions jeopardized by irresponsible investing.

[Easy investing for beginners] Green Investing - The Gold Rush: Mutual funds represent the largest share of socially and environmentally screened funds, with $171.7 billion in total net assets invested across 173 different funds, according to the Social Investment Forum’s 2007 Report on Socially Responsible Investing Trends in the United States. Exchange-traded funds accounted for only 1% of the total assets of all socially and environmentally screened funds at the beginning of 2007, but their ranks are growing daily.

[Good Honest Dollar $$] Socially Responsible Investing - Series Introduction: Accordingly, in tomorrow’s post, I wish to commence a series of discussions based around the topic of Socially Responsible Investing (SRI), otherwise known a ethical investing, a concept whereby investors take social or environmental factors into account when making investment decisions.

[Accountability Central] SEC Charges Mutual Fund Manager for Violating Socially Responsible ...: According to the SEC's order, Pax World violated the Funds' SRI restrictions by making purchases in the securities of companies that derived revenue from the manufacture of alcohol or gambling products, derived more than 5 percent of their revenue from contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense, or failed to satisfy the Funds' environmental or labor standards. Pax World Funds held at least one security that violated their SRI restrictions at all times from 2001 through early 2006.

 [KLD BLOG] Saving Responsibly for College: Oregon Considers Socially ...: “”¦[Oregon investors Rob Huff and Katie Corson] also questioned how the state can invest money through one of its college savings mutual funds in Altria Group Inc., until recently the parent company of Philip Morris USA Inc. The tobacco company contributed to a campaign last year to defeat Measure 50, a proposal by the Legislature to use a cigarette tax to buy health coverage for Oregon’s 116,000 uninsured children.

 [Aadhunik.com Community Blog] Socially Responsible Investing - What is It?: Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) funds are ones where the company which offers them is beneficial in some way to the world, society, and the environment, and this means that they will be safe companies in which to invest. The question is, are they profitable and should you use them?

[ecogeos] Socially Responsible”¦wait no”¦ IR-responsible Investing: Sustainability Reporting Now the Norm for S&P 100 Companies, says ...: Sound investment is built on information, and socially responsible investment (SRI) requires accurate reporting of every aspect of corporate activity.

 [thebankaccounts.com weblog] Socially Responsible Investing, SRI: . From 2005-2007 alone, SRI assets increased more than 18 percent while the broader universe of professionally managed assets increased less than 3 percent.[9] As of 2007 about one out of every nine dollars under professional management in the United States is involved in socially responsible investing—11 percent of the $25.1 trillion in total assets under management tracked in Nelson Information’s Directory of Investment Managers.

 [Indian Startups in News Blog Site] FIIs, PEs to judge cos on environmental performance: Responding to calls from investors, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange launched the first of its kind exchange in an emerging market, the Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) index where it lists companies, which meet certain .

 [thebankaccounts.com weblog] Not Just for Profit, NJP, NJFP: In terms of a long term investment proposition, Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) funds are one of the fastest growing prospects in the City of London. This is important not only because blue chip stock valuation is biased two-thirds towards long-term prospect, but also because the City of London is home to many of the world’s largest institutional funds.

[ecogeos] SEC Charges Mutual Fund Manager for Violating Socially Responsible ...: Overall, Socially Responsible Investing has taken its share of losses in 2008 but has faired no worse than the rest of the market. That runs contrary to its detractors who believe SRI, the investment strategy of combining financial .

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